Weather alerts in Virginia, October 2016

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2016. Tap one for its archive.

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By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 30, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland	60 min
Sep 30, 9:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania	30 hr
Sep 30, 9:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	58 hr
Sep 30, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	37 min
Sep 30, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	61 min
Oct 1, 8:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	12 hr
Oct 1, 10:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		8 hr
Oct 1, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Westmoreland	64 min
Oct 1, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	12 hr
Oct 2, 5:05 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 10 more	12 hr
Oct 2, 8:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	48 hr
Oct 2, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	41 min
Oct 2, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Oct 2, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		81 min
Oct 2, 4:03 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	James City, Surry, City of Williamsburg	53 min
Oct 3, 3:31 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		6 days
Oct 3, 5:35 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	James City, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	7 hr
Oct 3, 2:33 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		57 hr
Oct 4, 4:40 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	James City, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	11 hr
Oct 4, 6:02 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester	3 hr
Oct 4, 9:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	12 hr
Oct 4, 1:42 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	62 hr
Oct 4, 6:03 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 13 more	72 hr
Oct 5, 1:02 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	33 hr
Oct 5, 4:46 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Westmoreland	11 hr
Oct 6, 4:07 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and 2 more	7 hr
Oct 6, 9:30 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	16 hr
Oct 6, 9:50 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		4 hr
Oct 7, 3:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 15 more	59 hr
Oct 7, 11:01 AM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		17 hr
Oct 7, 3:52 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 30 more	52 hr
Oct 7, 4:33 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	71 hr
Oct 7, 7:36 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		70 hr
Oct 7, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, City of Radford, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	54 min
Oct 7, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, Montgomery, City of Radford, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	56 min
Oct 8, 2:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke and 1 more	6 hr
Oct 8, 3:44 AM EDT	Gale Warning	AKQ		54 hr
Oct 8, 3:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		13 hr
Oct 8, 3:44 AM EDT	Storm Warning	AKQ		40 hr
Oct 8, 4:30 AM EDT	Gale Warning	LWX		45 hr
Oct 8, 6:07 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	18 hr
Oct 8, 6:07 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 11 more	50 hr
Oct 8, 10:35 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		55 hr
Oct 8, 1:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	AKQ	Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	24 hr
Oct 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	18 hr
Oct 8, 3:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	29 hr
Oct 8, 3:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	47 hr
Oct 8, 3:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	62 hr
Oct 8, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Emporia, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	21 hr
Oct 8, 5:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	10 hr
Oct 8, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	20 hr
Oct 8, 6:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	20 hr
Oct 8, 6:58 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Northampton, Surry, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Virginia Beach	19 hr
Oct 8, 7:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 4 more	9 hr
Oct 8, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	6 hr
Oct 8, 7:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	18 hr
Oct 8, 8:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	68 hr
Oct 8, 8:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie	50 hr
Oct 8, 8:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	6 days
Oct 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	6 hr
Oct 8, 10:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lunenburg	6 hr
Oct 8, 11:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	21 hr
Oct 8, 11:11 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	47 hr
Oct 8, 11:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	15 hr
Oct 9, 12:12 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, King George, Madison and 6 more	17 hr
Oct 9, 1:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia	61 hr
Oct 9, 1:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Southampton	6 days
Oct 9, 1:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Sussex	3 days
Oct 9, 1:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		40 hr
Oct 9, 1:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		51 hr
Oct 9, 4:10 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	10 hr
Oct 9, 4:46 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 28 more	13 hr
Oct 9, 2:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	6 hr
Oct 9, 2:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	4 days
Oct 9, 2:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	15 hr
Oct 9, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	18 hr
Oct 9, 8:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	43 hr
Oct 9, 10:08 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		6 days
Oct 10, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Franklin	3 days
Oct 10, 1:28 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Loudoun, Page, Rockingham and 6 more	20 hr
Oct 10, 1:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	3 days
Oct 10, 2:06 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington, City of Lexington	19 hr
Oct 12, 2:11 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		47 hr
Oct 13, 6:11 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more	3 hr
Oct 13, 7:32 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		4 hr
Oct 13, 7:43 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico and 17 more	2 hr
Oct 13, 5:43 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Highland	15 hr
Oct 14, 5:05 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack, James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Hampton and 3 more	7 hr
Oct 14, 2:31 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Shenandoah, Warren and 1 more	14 hr
Oct 15, 5:10 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	5 hr
Oct 19, 1:46 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		5 hr
Oct 20, 3:36 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		47 hr
Oct 20, 3:37 AM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		12 hr
Oct 20, 3:37 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		5 days
Oct 20, 3:55 PM EDT	Gale Warning	AKQ		60 hr
Oct 20, 4:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	2 hr
Oct 21, 3:40 AM EDT	Gale Warning	LWX		46 hr
Oct 21, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		84 min
Oct 21, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		115 min
Oct 21, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Oct 21, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		115 min
Oct 21, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		118 min
Oct 21, 2:56 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 20 more	26 hr
Oct 21, 3:49 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 14 more	20 hr
Oct 22, 1:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		4 days
Oct 22, 3:28 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more	30 hr
Oct 22, 4:37 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	28 hr
Oct 22, 11:54 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		62 hr
Oct 22, 10:29 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	11 hr
Oct 23, 1:32 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		46 hr
Oct 23, 2:01 AM EDT	Gale Warning	LWX		119 min
Oct 23, 2:01 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		71 hr
Oct 24, 2:57 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more	4 hr
Oct 24, 9:44 AM EDT	Low Water Advisory	AKQ		6 hr
Oct 24, 11:50 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	21 hr
Oct 24, 11:50 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Highland	21 hr
Oct 24, 3:45 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RNK	Bath, Bland, Smyth, Tazewell	17 hr
Oct 24, 4:44 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 3 more	21 hr
Oct 25, 1:28 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		17 hr
Oct 25, 1:19 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison and 14 more	20 hr
Oct 25, 1:19 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Highland, Loudoun and 6 more	20 hr
Oct 25, 2:06 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	20 hr
Oct 26, 9:36 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		57 hr
Oct 26, 3:26 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		48 hr
Oct 27, 6:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Oct 27, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Chesterfield, Essex, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 5 more	58 min
Oct 27, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland	60 min
Oct 28, 2:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton	37 min
Oct 29, 12:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		2 hr
Oct 29, 2:23 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		47 hr
Oct 30, 3:32 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		42 hr
Oct 30, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		87 min
Oct 30, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		86 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Mesoscale Discussion	1
Special Weather Statement	10
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	18
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	13
Flash Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	11
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	2
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	5
High Surf Advisory	2
Coastal Flood Statement	6
Marine
Gale Warning	5
Special Marine Warning	10
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	2
Low Water Advisory	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	1
Small Craft Advisory	24

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.